There is still time for local residents to participate in four public hearings next week about another proposed rate increase requested by Columbia Gas. The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commi... Read more

A couple of Butler County residents have received federal prison time for their role in embezzling over $1 million from Butler Health System. A federal judge sentenced former BHS chief opera... Read more

Many residents in the City of Butler are cleaning up after flooding that occurred Wednesday afternoon. Heavy rains rolled through the area around 4 p.m. resulting in a significant amount of... Read more

PennDot will be opening the westbound lanes on Route 422 that were part of the Walls Memorial Bridge Epoxy Overlay Project today and will start back to work on the project on Tuesday, June 1... Read more

A community in southern Butler County has temporarily closed a pool after several children who recently swam there became ill. According to a posting on the Adams Ridge website, eight childr... Read more

Butler City Police are continuing to investigate an incident of an imposter posing as a water company employee to gain entry to a local business. Officials with Pennsylvania American Water s... Read more

The Butler Road Race is coming up next week, Saturday, June 19, 2021, and officials want to give you time to prepare for the road closures. The race starts at Diamond Park on Main Street, tu... Read more

The Mars Area School Board will not raise taxes in order to meet their 2021-22 school year budget. Following a presentation from retiring Business Manager Jill Swaney, the board voted to app... Read more

The Seneca Valley Board of School Directors has approved a new collective bargaining agreement with the district’s Education Support Professionals. The new five-year contract includes the di... Read more

Three top students of the 2021 Butler School District graduating class will receive scholarships through a local foundation. Chloe Paulisick and Emma Teff will each receive $3,543 while Maso... Read more

A local group of specialized first responders has received international recognition for their work on an incident two years ago. The Butler County Water Rescue Team 300 received a Higgins a... Read more

Today, June 8, 2021,  is the day that you can file your new unemployment claim online with the state’s newly revamped unemployment system. The system now uses Keystone ID, with allows users... Read more

PennDOT is continuing early summer road project maintenance work in Butler County this week. These activities include pipe replacement, which will be occurring on Monrow and Sarver Roads in... Read more

As a local drug and alcohol treatment center celebrates 50 years, a new top administrator is coming on board to lead the way. The Ellen O’Brien Gaiser Center welcomes new Executive Director... Read more

Mars Area School District is saying goodbye to several retiring staff members now that the school year has wrapped up. Seven members of the school’s staff are leaving their positions, includ... Read more

No injuries were reported in a one car crash that occurred last week in Forward Township. According to the Pennsylvania State Police, a 21-year-old Saxonburg man was traveling on Brownsdale... Read more

Butler County Community College will celebrate the life of Robert R. Heaton, a friend of the college and real estate developer who passed away in January at age 91, at an event July 7 on BC3... Read more

Update: Electricity is back on in the Center Township area. According to West Penn Power’s website, at one time this morning over 1,000 customers were affected. Our newsroom spoke to West Pe... Read more

A traffic alert for commuters in Butler Township… Work is expected to continue for a majority of this week on Route 68 (Evans City Road). PennDOT officials say they will be doing more patchi... Read more